Small aircraft accused of penetrating restr airspace.

Attributes
ACN	301712
Time
Date	199504
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : slc
State Reference	UT
Altitude	msl bound lower : 11500 msl bound upper : 11500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	cruise other descent other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 31 flight time total : 2200 flight time type : 31
ASRS Report	301712
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Took delivery of new engine/propeller combination stc with unknown fuel burn. Departed coe VFR to pvu. Flew uneventful to south of byi. Had unreliable VOR needle and control microphone button failed. Went to hand-held microphone. Couldn't raise center, took heading estimate to place aircraft over V101. Saw great salt lake, determined approximately position and took heading toward pvu/slc. Got close enough in to use hand-held transmitter and called slc approach and asked for vectors to pvu. Accused of restr space violation, and then vectored through class B space to pvu. Asked to call slc approach. Did same and explained circumstances of diversion. After radios were acting up, believe correct action was followed by contacting closest facility and requesting radar vectors since new engine fuel burn was not known exactly. Could not safely divert around class B. Controllers honored request although at no time was the situation an emergency, just prudent to take the action I did.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA ACCUSED OF PENETRATING RESTR AIRSPACE.

Narrative: TOOK DELIVERY OF NEW ENG/PROP COMBINATION STC WITH UNKNOWN FUEL BURN. DEPARTED COE VFR TO PVU. FLEW UNEVENTFUL TO S OF BYI. HAD UNRELIABLE VOR NEEDLE AND CTL MIKE BUTTON FAILED. WENT TO HAND-HELD MIKE. COULDN'T RAISE CTR, TOOK HDG ESTIMATE TO PLACE ACFT OVER V101. SAW GREAT SALT LAKE, DETERMINED APPROX POS AND TOOK HDG TOWARD PVU/SLC. GOT CLOSE ENOUGH IN TO USE HAND-HELD XMITTER AND CALLED SLC APCH AND ASKED FOR VECTORS TO PVU. ACCUSED OF RESTR SPACE VIOLATION, AND THEN VECTORED THROUGH CLASS B SPACE TO PVU. ASKED TO CALL SLC APCH. DID SAME AND EXPLAINED CIRCUMSTANCES OF DIVERSION. AFTER RADIOS WERE ACTING UP, BELIEVE CORRECT ACTION WAS FOLLOWED BY CONTACTING CLOSEST FACILITY AND REQUESTING RADAR VECTORS SINCE NEW ENG FUEL BURN WAS NOT KNOWN EXACTLY. COULD NOT SAFELY DIVERT AROUND CLASS B. CTLRS HONORED REQUEST ALTHOUGH AT NO TIME WAS THE SIT AN EMER, JUST PRUDENT TO TAKE THE ACTION I DID.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.